Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
einen auf Held machen
English translation:
playing the hero
Added to glossary by
Michael Schickenberg (X)
Sep 7, 2007 11:54
16 yrs ago
German term
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einen auf... machen
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Video game text
Hässlich wie nur was, aber einen auf Heldin machen!
I'm a little stumped here for a good translation, and I have exhausted all of my resources. This is said to the heroine by one of her enemies (NPC) in a fantasy style video game. Any ideas?
I'm a little stumped here for a good translation, and I have exhausted all of my resources. This is said to the heroine by one of her enemies (NPC) in a fantasy style video game. Any ideas?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | playing the hero |
Michael Schickenberg (X)
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| 2 +8 | acting like she's... |
Susan Zimmer
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| 4 | to act like |
Dr. Michael Bolten
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| 2 | to carry on |
Z.E. Ball
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Change log
Sep 9, 2007 19:00: Michael Schickenberg (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/653028">Courtney Sliwinski's</a> old entry - "einen auf... machen"" to ""playing the hero""
Proposed translations
+1
28 mins
German term (edited):
einen auf Held machen
Selected
playing the hero
How about:
"As ugly as sin while still playing the hero!"
Or something along these lines.
"As ugly as sin while still playing the hero!"
Or something along these lines.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Paul Cohen
: "playing the hero" is a clever way to avoid the "hero / heroine" issue!
3 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks! All the answers were very good, but I think this suits my purposes best!"
+8
21 mins
Susan Zimmer
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German, English
Related KudoZ points
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4
acting like she's...
She's just as ugly as it gets, but acting like she's some kind of hero.
Couldn't get any uglier, but she thinks she's a hero or something / thinks she's some kind of hero....
...she's got it in her head that she's a hero...
Couldn't get any uglier, but she thinks she's a hero or something / thinks she's some kind of hero....
...she's got it in her head that she's a hero...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Maria Knaier (X)
: or maybe: ....but acting as if she was a hero
19 mins
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| agree |
mill2
21 mins
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| agree |
Kcda
: As a varition maybe this too: She is as ugly as can be, but acting like some kind of hero.
27 mins
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| agree |
Julia Lipeles
50 mins
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| agree |
Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: I like Kcda (what is your name anyway??)"s proposal
1 hr
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| agree |
hchetty (X)
1 hr
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| agree |
Serena Rohrbeck
3 hrs
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| agree |
Bernhard Sulzer
: you are good at that, Susie !
5 hrs
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27 mins
to act like
Hello Courtney
[...] but acting like a heroine.
What do you think?
[...] but acting like a heroine.
What do you think?
1 hr
to carry on
Totally hideous but still carrying on like she's the heroine.
Absolutely grotesque but carrying on like she's a super hero.
....behaving like she's Super Girl. (Super Woman)
Absolutely grotesque but carrying on like she's a super hero.
....behaving like she's Super Girl. (Super Woman)
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